The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-06-18
Current Events.

The legisltItlre has AZ last aI. nurnpu,
and the heavy weights have gone home 10
their farms and their offices vast
amount of work has been accom- plished,
the bare statement JT which would NIL
severa! columns Of this paper. Among
the new laws OF special Interest In this
county are the following:
An smendn ent 10 section ~ at the Road
law In counties undeC township organiza
ton BY providing that where ale Is asked
of the county 10 build or repair any bridge,
etc, the couTy board shall appoint three
members of said b0srd not residents of
the township ASKING aid, 10 act with the
commissioners of such township, and, In
in case they can not agree, they shall,
through their chairman, select seven free
holders from other townships tUtake charge
of the matteT in controversy
A bill providing that schOolFeachers at
tending teachers institutes drring their
term of schools shall he allowed pay for
the same, the same az IF they we're teach
ing.
An amendment To the road law provid-
ing that trsCelers in carriages shall turn
10 the right, under penalty OF 90 for each
offense, whether Damage be done or not
also prohibiting the throwing of weeds,
that county boards shall divide the county
into road districts containing not less than
congressional township, and number
them, such districts to have corporate pow.
er TO sue and be sued, TO acquire and hold
property for the use of its inhabitants, and
to make all necessary contracts, and pro
yides for the election Of three commission.
ers of Highways aOd one district clerk for
three wears, the first election undar this act
IN be held on the first Tuesday In March,
1888; slch elections TO be governed by
the genera! election laws; any person
elected 10 a district office, who refuses to
serve, shall forfeit $25; the clerk IL ex Of
ficio treasurer of such district, and shall
pay out all moneys as provided by Jaw;
the officers are allowed $3.50 per day for
each day served; the commissioners are
given fua power over the roads IN 4eir re.
spective districts, and requires egch able.
bodied man TO pay polltaX ot not less
than 81.
The jny commissioners bin provides
that upon the petition Of not less than one
thousand electors of any county In this
state praying for the appointment of II
jury commission In such county the judges
of the several courts of such county, or u
majority of them, may In their discretion,
cause the question of the appointment of
such commission To be submitted To vote
of the electors of said county Tuesday af-
ter the first Monday Of November, A. ID.
1887, on not lees than thirty days notice,
prescribing the form of ballot and the
place Gnd time Of such election, and stat
ing the object thereof; saiSi election TO be
conducted returned and cpnvassed In the
same manner and by the sa ne officers pre-.
scribed 10y law Ia cases OF general cleo
lions In such county; and 1t shall ap.
pear that ma jority OF the vC tes cast upon
this question ut such election Is In favor of
a Jury commission ia such cou uty th en- the
said judges, or a majority Of them, may
choose three commissioners to serve one,
two and three years respectively, and they
shall choose enc each year thereafter; the
duties of SUCH jury commissioners are to
select all juries In a similar m amer to
the present law.
A senate bill gives owners of ST, 'llions a
lien on the get when statement OF name,
pedigree, &c, shall have been filed with
the Secretary of the State Agricultural
Board and certificate Of compliance with |
the law had from him; while house
bill provides for fire of from $25 to 800
and imprisonment Ia the county Jail, for
Justification of a pedigree.
Senate bill 1913 amends the law In rela.
ton to recorders, by providing that all rec
Ords, judicies, abstract and other books
kept Ia the office of recorder, and all pa
qers filed for record therein shall be open
dor public inspection and examination dur
lug Office hours, without either fee or re-
ward
Senate bill 81 provides that tue president
OF any village or town shall DO elected by
vote of the people, instead OF by the
board Of trustees, and that I've shall not be
allowed vote as trustee.
Senate bill $40 amends sec items q, and
II Of the law to organize and regulate
county fire insurance companies by pro.
yiding that the number Of dir, Gtors shall
net he more than fifteen, and that one.
third of such directors shall be- elected
every year for a term Of three years
gives such companies the power TO insure
school and church buildings, and sto, TX and
grain on the premises, and increas, V the
maximum TO $500, which may be Sc tiled
by the president and secretary.
House bill 352 authorizes boards of gu
pervisors In counties under township tT-
ganizatlon 10 appoint committee to al>
prove official bonds.
Two great "corners" have had their
foundations taken from under Thorn this |
week-the coffee corner at New York and |
the wheat corner at Chicago. The peOple |
will not lament the results OF the crashes, |
in whose ruins 30 many firms are buried